The Rise of Chinese Entertainment in 2008

The scene shifts, and the old lady played by Gui Yalei appears.

After the old lady boarded the bus, she found all the seats were taken. However, a young man was fast asleep in one of the senior citizen seats.

She opened the parasol and stood next to the young man to shield him from the sun.

The young man, who was fast asleep, woke up when he felt a sudden darkness before his eyes.

Feeling a bit uneasy about the old lady's actions, but not daring to provoke her, he could only get up and give up his seat.

But the old lady wouldn't let it go, pulling him along and saying she would shield him from the sun so he could sleep better.

The young man broke free and left cursing, while the old woman folded her umbrella and sat down with a hint of smugness.

This part has a comedic element, but it mainly highlights how annoying the old lady is.

Although the young man occupied the senior citizen's seat, there were no standing passengers on the bus when the old lady boarded.

In this situation, it's not a problem for the young man to be sitting.

Because she was asleep, I couldn't offer her my seat in time. If she were reasonable, she wouldn't disturb others if she could stand, and if she couldn't stand, she could have simply asked her to get up and offer her her seat.

But she's different. When someone gets up to offer her a seat, she still makes sarcastic remarks.

Inside the classroom, the professor interrupted the students, telling them that everyone gets old and will eventually become the kind of person they despise. He asked if there was any way to prevent oneself from getting old.

His purpose in asking this question was to let the students know that everyone will eventually face that day; if they look down on the elderly now, they will be looked down on when they are old in the future.

However, the young students were not empathetic and offered nonsensical suggestions.

The professor had to interrupt again and call on someone to speak.

The first person he called out was his own daughter, Xiang Xinran. Liu Yifei, who plays Xiang Xinran, has her hair in a bun. Reluctantly, she gets up after being called out by her father and says defiantly, "What else can I do? At worst, I'll just commit suicide after I turn thirty!"

The scene changes again, and the old lady is playing mahjong with someone. She says that she once planned to commit suicide after she turned thirty, but gave up the idea because she couldn't bear to leave her son.

Then he got into a verbal argument with an old lady who was playing cards, which escalated into a physical fight.

As the film progresses, the old lady at home loves to nag, always wanting to chime in with her own comments.

She also doted on her grandson, which made her granddaughter very unhappy.

The way movies express things is different from TV dramas. TV dramas can use many shots to show how a daughter-in-law gradually becomes depressed because her mother-in-law likes to nag and tries too hard to control everything in the family.

However, due to the limited length of the film, the daughter-in-law appeared to be in poor spirits and complexion when she first appeared on screen.

Then, due to prolonged stress leading to depression, her son and grandchildren discussed sending her to a nursing home.

The grandson disagreed, but the granddaughter was very supportive. The old lady overheard their argument.

Heartbroken, the old woman left home and walked along the street until she came to a photo studio.

She went in, took a picture, and came out looking like she was twenty years old again.

It wasn't explicitly stated here, and the old lady herself didn't even realize it.

But with identical clothes and the movie's title, viewers can tell the difference.

This is where Shu Chang's acting skills really shine, because she doesn't know she's become younger, so every move she makes and the way she walks have to be like an old lady.

Shu Chang's acting skills are quite good. Although they are not exactly the same, they are about 80% similar.

On her way home, the old lady was harassed by two young men on the bus.

Already in a bad mood, she became even more irritable, grabbing one of them by the ear and accusing him of harassing an old lady.

He was stunned when he saw his current appearance reflected in the glass.

While she was in a daze, the two young men quickly ran away.

The old lady was both happy and alarmed to find herself looking younger. She wanted to go back to the photo studio to find out why, but found that the photo studio had disappeared.

There was never a photo studio at the original location.

She eventually accepted the reality and secretly left a letter for her son.

After becoming younger, she completely let loose, rented a house from her old friend Lao Li, got her favorite hairstyle from her youth, bought many beautiful clothes, and even gave herself a new name—Meng Lijun.

Although she has become younger, many of her habits and aesthetic senses are still different from those of her peers.

For example, the cheongsam she bought wasn't brightly colored, which suited the aesthetic of her age group when she was young.

I still enjoy going to square dancing and hanging out in senior citizen card and mahjong parlors, eating sunflower seeds and watching others play cards.

Until she saw her old rival singing on stage, she couldn't stand it and went up on stage to sing a song as well.

Her singing attracted many passersby, including her grandson Xiang Qianjin and Tan Ziming, who works at a television station.

In the original version, Tan Ziming was the music director of a music company, but Gu Ning changed him to a TV station employee.

The TV station is about to hold a talent show and needs to invite some relatively unknown singers to participate.

Tan Ziming then contacted Xiang Qianjin's band and arranged to meet nearby to discuss participating in the program.

Although he was tempted by Xiang Qianjin's lead singer's withdrawal, he couldn't participate because the band lacked a lead singer.

But Xiang Qianjin didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he planned to stall Tan Ziming for a while.

As the two parted, they were drawn by the singing and came over to watch.

Tan Ziming wants to invite Meng Lijun to participate in the program, while Xiang Qianjin wants to invite her to join his band as the lead singer.

Meng Lijun thought her grandson had fallen for her, which led to many funny situations.

To help her grandson fulfill his dream, she joined his band and prepared to accompany him on a TV show.

The band, which originally had a rock style, has transformed into a nostalgic one.

During the band's rehearsals, Meng Lijun gradually rediscovered her love for music and devoted herself wholeheartedly to it.

An unexpected incident led Lao Li to discover Meng Lijun's true identity, but he still kept it a secret for her.

They discovered by chance that Meng Lijun would age continuously whenever she bled.

Meanwhile, Meng Lijun and Xiang Qianjin's band also officially began participating in "The Voice of China" competition.

The blind audition rules, the comments and competition among the four mentors, and the final reverse selection by the contestants kept the audience entertained.

During the recording, apart from Liu Huan, the other three mentors all wanted Shu Chang to join their teams.

Because in the movie, there is a scene where Shu sings a song inspired by her own experience, and with the help of Tan Ziming, she asks someone to write the lyrics.

However, Meng Lijun's singing always seemed to lack something, leading to a scene where she sought advice from her chosen mentor.

The female lead's choice of mentor determines the amount of screen time the mentor receives.

They were just making cameo appearances and were paid very little, so naturally they wanted more screen time.

To ensure the realism of the filming, Gu Ning let Shu Chang choose according to her own preferences.

Ultimately, Shu Chang chose Liu Huan.

The day before the group stage elimination round, Xiang Qianjin received a call from his father, saying that someone had provided clues about his grandmother, but he had classes and couldn't leave.

Xiang Xinran needed to take care of her mother and couldn't leave, so she asked Xiang Qian to go and check.